page_title: Köpenick
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Köpenick / History
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Wilhelm Voigt, Hauptmann von Köpenick, Bronzestatue vor dem Rathaus Köpenick English: Wilhelm Voigt, Captain of Köpenick Lëtzebuergesch: Hauptmann von Köpenick zu Berlin Svenska: staty av Wilhelm Voigt, vid rådhuset Köpenick
context_page_description: Köpenick part of the German capital city of Berlin. It is at the meeting place of two rivers, the Dahme and Spree.
  It is known for the famous imposter Wilhelm Voigt, the Captain of Köpenick.
  Köpenick was an independent town until 1920. It then became a borough of Berlin, with an area of 128 km², making it Berlin's largest borough. In 2001, the borough of Köpenick was merged with that of Treptow to create the current borough of Treptow-Köpenick.
context_section_description: For many years Köpenick was an independent town. Its was first mentioned as a stronghold in 1209.  This means Köpenick is older than Berlin-Cölln, which was first mentioned in a 1237 deed. For the most part of Köpenick's history, the town was known as Cöpenick.
  In 1631, during the Thirty Years' War, the emissaries of George William, Elector of Brandenburg went to Köpenick to meet the approaching army of Gustav Adolph, King of Sweden, to try to stop the  devastation of Brandenburg.
  In 1906, a shoemaker called Wilhelm Voigt pretended to be a Prussian officer and took over the town hall of Köpenick. A play was made about the event, and later several films and television shows.
caption: Statue of "Captain" Wilhelm Voigt
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